Eddie Hall is open to potentially fighting a former UFC heavyweight champion.
The 2017 World’s Strongest Man recently picked up a win in his professional MMA debut.
Eddie Hall obliterated Mariusz Pudzianowski in a 30-second TKO victory at KSW 105 in Gliwice, Poland, on Saturday night.
Now he’s talking up a future clash with Francis Ngannou, who is regarded by many as the best heavyweight in MMA today.
Eddie Hall open to Francis Ngannou fight
Eddie Hall understands that he would be the heaviest of underdogs in a potential scrap with Ngannou.
Still, he’d be willing to face ‘Thre Predator’ if he was guaranteed a massive purse and plenty of time to prepare.
“F—— hell,” Hall said when asked if he was interested in the Ngannou fight by Ariel Helwani.
“You are basically chucking me in with the wolves doing that. I would need a bit of time. I would need a lot of training, and it would need to be a lot of money. I think with anything in life, if the money is right, I would take it.
“The only way I’d fight Francis Ngannou would be with a hell of a training camp. I’d probably want six to nine months of training with top-level athletes in top camps. And the money would have to be good because you are literally putting your life on the line.
“Francis Ngannou outclasses me in every single way possible, in the fight world, but it’s that unknown.
“If I catch him. If throw that right hand and it just gets him on the end of the chin, it could happen.
“It’s that unknown. So, I wouldn’t be going in thinking I’ve got zero chance, but it would have to be a big-money incentive for me to do that and literally put my life on the line by going into the ring with someone like Ngannou.”
Eddie Hall’s X-rated response to Francis Ngannou rumor
The idea of Hall vs Ngannou was first floated by KSW president Martin Lewandowski last week.
After knocking out Pudzianowski, Hall shut down Ngannou fight talk in a hilariously X-rated manner.
“I would rather get f—ed up the a— by the devil than fight Francis Ngannou,” Hall insisted.
“I’m not fighting Francis Ngannou, that’s not happening, no.
“Let’s just not mention my name anywhere near that name.”